If every big can stretch…who’s guarding the block? The league solved the old power forward. Spacing pulled him away from the rim, lineups got smaller, and the position blurred into wings and hybrid bigs. For a while, that felt like the end of it—either you could shoot or you couldn’t stay on the floor. But look at where things have settled. Centers learned to stretch, but offenses still need size. Defenses still switch. And most teams now defend the 4 with someone built to mo